Coastal Medic Course starts in early January 2015
by Matt Wood on 10 Dec 2014
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A new Coastguard Coastal Medic Course has been announced for the weekend of 10 and 11 January 2015.
This course has been specifically scheduled prior to the Offshore Medic Course for those that are yet to complete Coastal Medic, which is a prerequisite to the more advanced course. As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of 'two day workplace first aid', so has many commercial usages.
This course offers participants the qualifications of Coastguard Boating Education Service Marine Medic (Coastal), NZQA units 6400, 6401, 6402 and Maritime New Zealand commercial first aid. As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of 'two day workplace first aid', so has many commercial usages.
Topics covered include:
• Trauma Identification and Assessment
• Medical Emergencies
• Evacuation and Medical Assistance
• Casualty Resuscitation – including an introduction to Defibrillation
• Managing Shock
• Treating Internal & External Bleeding
• Managing Torso Injuries
• Managing Burns Emergencies
• Managing Fractures
• Managing Soft Tissue Injuries
• Head, Neck, Spinal Injury Stabilisation
• Managing Environmental Injuries
• Managing Minor Wounds
• Managing Minor Ear and Eye Injuries
Book your place today.
Coastal Medic Course 5
Activity Properties
Start: 10-Jan-2015 8:30 am
End: 11-Jan-2015 4:00 pm
Available places 19
Individual Price $295.00
Location Wellington Ocean Sports Centre
http://www.rpnyc.org.nz/ocean-sports/learn?task=view_category&category_id=47
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